مسرى البشائر في ظهور رياضِ

مسرى البشائر في ظهور رياضِ

أبهى وأزهر من زهور رياضِ

أبهى وأزهر من زهور رياضِ

At Riyad’s appearance, the course of glad tidings

The passage of glad tidings at Riyad’s arrival

is lovelier and more radiant than the flowers of gardens.

Is lovelier and more radiant than the blossoms of gardens.

فاطرب بمولده وتهِ بقدومه

فاطرب بمولده وتهِ بقدومه

وأفخر فدهرك عن شئونك راضِ

وأفخر فدهرك عن شئونك راضِ

So rejoice at his birth, and exult in his arrival;

So rejoice at his birth and glory in his coming.

take pride—for your age is pleased with all your affairs.

And take pride, for your era is pleased with your affairs.

واستقبل الأيام فهي بواسمِ

واستقبل الأيام فهي بواسمِ

بعلاك واجْنِ ثمار غرس الماضي

بعلاك واجْنِ ثمار غرس الماضي

Welcome the days, for they smile

And welcome the days, for they are smiling

upon your eminence; reap the fruits of what the past planted.

At your eminence; and reap the fruits of past planting.

وأهنأ بإقبال الزمانِ فقد حبا

وأهنأ بإقبال الزمانِ فقد حبا

بولائهِ ونبا عن الإعراضِ

بولائهِ ونبا عن الإعراضِ

Delight in Time’s favoring turn: it has favored you

And rejoice in time’s favor, for it has bestowed

with its loyalty and recoiled from turning away.

Its loyalty and turned away from rejection.

واستجل ما رسم السرور مؤرخاً

واستجل ما رسم السرور مؤرخاً

يا صفو ميلاد زها برياضِ

يا صفو ميلاد زها برياضِ

And behold what joy has inscribed, setting the date:

And behold what joy has inscribed as a chronogram:

O choicest birth, made radiant by Riyad!

O pure joy of a birth that shone with Riyad!